

I found out about Juile Watai aka Ai Amano aka Alice 100% moe (?) aka SAMURAI GIRL by looking for some reference material and found her Lolita (somewhat polite anime porn) style of photography pretty leet. In her early publication of 'Samurai Girl- spirituality and technology for the mor consciousness, Watai explores pop culture, which is largely influenced by the rising of otaku culture. Otaku, おたく, translates to someone elces house and has Been used in a negative context, referring to an obsessive compulsion (anime otaku = anime mania). However the Japanese gen y, whom have been hugely influenced by the west, have embraced this compulsion and have started a second pop revolution through the first globalization era.
After the war I believe Japans defeat took away whatever identity japan had, as though japan had lost an arm. It was only though this embrace of otaku culture japan's arm was patch worked together from pokemon blue and red cartridges, professional cosplay outfits, hardcore octopus hentai mangas, all of which influenced jap pop. Watai captures the contemporary aesthetic of the imaginary and virtual space through her portraits and performances. Through globalization the west has taken away Japanese innocence, inserted their own culture, only for it to be mutated into this contemporary introverted fluro kinky kawaii thing, that the west have embraced.
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